Feed your fascination for other cultures by going to a Portuguese Holy Spirit festival. Whether your name is Silva or
McClanahan, you'll be welcomed. Portuguese Americans from the Azores-many whose ancestors came to the West to fish or farm hold festas (pronounced "fesh-tas") in California, Nevada, and Hawaii. There may be one in your city or town; more than 500,000 Azorean Americans live in California alone.
The festa tradition, which has been observed in this country ...